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Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association

China Daily  

Wang Zhilin wins the 2023 IHA Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower on Nov 1, 2023. Wang Zhilin was awarded the 2023 Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower by the International Hydropower Association on Nov 1, 2023. In recent years, when serving as the on-site "commander-in-chief" at Baihetan Hydropower Station, Wang led the team to scale new heights in scientific …

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Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association

China Daily  

Wang Zhilin wins the 2023 IHA Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower on Nov 1, 2023. Wang Zhilin was awarded the 2023 Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower by the International Hydropower Association on Nov 1, 2023. In recent years, when serving as the on-site "commander-in-chief" at Baihetan Hydropower Station, Wang led the team to scale new heights in scientific …

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Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association

China Daily  

Wang Zhilin wins the 2023 IHA Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower on Nov 1, 2023. Wang Zhilin was awarded the 2023 Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower by the International Hydropower Association on Nov 1, 2023. In recent years, when serving as the on-site "commander-in-chief" at Baihetan Hydropower Station, Wang led the team to scale new heights in scientific …

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Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association

China Daily  

Malcolm Turnbull, president of the International Hydropower Association, gives an award to Wang Zhilin. Before working for Baihetan project, Wang served as deputy director of the Xiluodu Construction Department and made great contributions in solving technical challenges characterized as "four-high and four-large". Under Wang's leadership, the project earned widespread acclaim from industry experts, and its underground excavation set a new …

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Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association

China Daily  

Malcolm Turnbull, president of the International Hydropower Association, gives an award to Wang Zhilin. Before working for Baihetan project, Wang served as deputy director of the Xiluodu Construction Department and made great contributions in solving technical challenges characterized as "four-high and four-large". Under Wang's leadership, the project earned widespread acclaim from industry experts, and its underground excavation set a new …

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Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Wang Zhilin honored by International Hydropower Association

China Daily  

Wang Zhilin wins the 2023 IHA Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower on Nov 1, 2023. Wang Zhilin was awarded the 2023 Mosonyi Award for Excellence in Hydropower by the International Hydropower Association on Nov 1, 2023. In recent years, when serving as the on-site "commander-in-chief" at Baihetan Hydropower Station, Wang led the team to scale new heights in scientific …

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Month later, rehabilitation eludes residents in India’s Joshimath
1 year, 10 months ago

Month later, rehabilitation eludes residents in India’s Joshimath

Al Jazeera  

As houses and roads began to crack, about 240 families were temporarily relocated and many others fled the Himalayan town out of fear. Navin Juyal, a geologist currently studying the cause of sinking land and damaged houses in Joshimath, says the town reached a “tipping point” on January 3. “The town is built on the debris of an old landslide …

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Beyond Joshimath or Metok: Unless China stops amassing troops along LAC, development race will heat up further
1 year, 11 months ago

Beyond Joshimath or Metok: Unless China stops amassing troops along LAC, development race will heat up further

Firstpost  

Till Everyone realises that ‘development’ does not solve all the problems of humanity, there will be the danger of new earthquakes, landslides, or ‘sinking’ towns The Himalaya has been in the news and not for a good reason: The pilgrimage town of Joshimath is sinking. However, due to poor planning and levels of low construction, the roads have got damaged …

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India plans ‘buffers’ in proposed Arunachal hydropower project to counter ‘China threat’
1 year, 11 months ago

India plans ‘buffers’ in proposed Arunachal hydropower project to counter ‘China threat’

The Hindu  

Concerns over China’s proposed 60,000 MW hydropower in Medog, Tibet are influencing the design of a proposed hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district. Still only in the planning stage, a ‘pre-feasibility report’ on the 11,000 MW project, or more than five times the size of the largest such projects in India – has been submitted to the Central …

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Sinking Himalayan town puts spotlight on India’s hydropower push
1 year, 11 months ago

Sinking Himalayan town puts spotlight on India’s hydropower push

Al Jazeera  

Farmer Shiv Lal barely slept this week, overcome by worry about the deep cracks scarring his land and hundreds of other homes and buildings in a sinking town in India’s Himalayas. While NTPC officials and some geologists have ruled out tunnelling work as the cause of this month’s devastation in Joshimath, residents’ angry protests have reignited debate about the construction …

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Climate change, fragile ecology make Kinnaur a ticking time bomb: Experts
3 years, 4 months ago

Climate change, fragile ecology make Kinnaur a ticking time bomb: Experts

Hindustan Times  

With another landslide claiming multiple lives at Negulsari in Kinnaur district, the fragility of the ecology of the Himalayan region, which is at increasing risk due to climate change, has come to the forefront. A study conducted in Kinnaur between 2012 and 2016 found that hydropower proliferation in the name of ‘clean energy’ has brought rapid land-use changes adversely impacting …

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Hydropower projects are wreaking havoc in the Himalayas
3 years, 9 months ago

Hydropower projects are wreaking havoc in the Himalayas

Al Jazeera  

On February 7, a Himalayan glacier broke and caused a flash flood in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand. “It shows that nature will strike back if we disregard the ecological limits of fragile regions like the Himalayas through reckless dam building and other infrastructure development.” After the 2013 flash flood, the Supreme Court of India also mandated a national …

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The Hindu Explains | Why are geologists worried about a slew of hydroelectric projects and environmental stress in Uttarakhand?
3 years, 10 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Why are geologists worried about a slew of hydroelectric projects and environmental stress in Uttarakhand?

The Hindu  

The story so far: A snow avalanche triggered possibly by a landslide caused a flash flood in the Rishi Ganga river, a tributary of the Alaknanda in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, on a sunny morning on February 7, washing away a functional small hydroelectric project and destroying the under-construction 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad project of the NTPC on the Dhauli …

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